Education · Boston College
This course provides an overview of educational policy as it plays out in local practice. Throughout the course, students will develop an understanding of foundational approaches to policy making, interpretation, and implementation as it plays out in education settings. In addition to providing an overview to the field of educational policy, the course investigates the relationship between policy and practice through attention to: (1) policymaking including policy mechanisms, framing, and policy actors; (2) processes of policy interpretation and implementation; and (3) policy as practice and t
